Vermont Doll Lovers

Total attendees = 4. Bittersweet Blue, DragonGems, Lyrajean, and I goofed off this afternoon with lots of toy eggs, rabbits, chicks, and, of course, dolls. Lyrajean has pictures on DOA. Click on pictures to enlarge.

Vermont Doll Lovers' next meetup, March 12th, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Jct., features a St. Patrick's/Easter theme. Shamrocks! Pots of gold! Painted eggs! Baskets of chocolate! Anything else seasonal! Bring appropriate outfits, accessories, and props! Brownell Library has free parking, accommodations for people with mobility impairments, and easy access to the CCTA #2 Essex Junction bus. If you are coming from the Burlington area and need a ride, please get in touch with me. I may be able to provide a carpool. As always, VTDL welcomes all kinds of doll lovers and all kinds of dolls. No age limit, no doll restrictions. People without dolls are also welcome -- you just need to like 'em!   Hope to see you there! --MW

Total attendees = 6. Regulars Lyrajean, Melface, and Nerdy Victorian came to this Saturday's meetup, along with two newcomers, astraldoll7 [all the way from New York!] and Bittersweet Blue [all the way from southern Vermont!], each of whom had trekked over 2 hours to meet fellow doll lovers. Of course I was there too, with my usual complement of Valentine's props. Though I billed the meet as one with a Valentine's theme, we all paid much more attention to the swap/sale/get rid of it event going on concurrently. We spread wares across two tables: clothing and wigs that Lyrajean and I wanted to offload, furniture from Nerdy Victorian, and dolls and doll parts from Melface, astraldoll7, and Bittersweet Blue. While no large ticket items [i.e., dolls] exchanged hands, attendees did trade, sell, and/or give away smaller items. I -- and everyone else -- seemed to really enjoy seeing what others had to get rid of, especially as some items had never shown up at meets before. Thus ...

VTDL's direct URL, http://vtdolllovers.blogspot.com , will always work, but I just added a bit.do shortened URL for business cards: http://bit.do/vtdl . Yippee.

Lyrajean and I are planning to go to the NERDS Show and Meetup on March 5th, 12-5 PM, in Lowell, MA. We'll have a vendor table, and I'll be publicizing VTDL. Stop by and say hi!

Vermont Doll Lovers' next meetup, February 13th, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Jct., features a Valentine's theme. Hearts! Chocolate! Doilies! Anything else seasonal! Bring appropriate outfits, accessories, and props! We're also having a swap/sale, so bring any of the following you want to get rid of: eyes, wigs, clothes, jewelry, accessories, heads, hands, feet, optional parts, miscellaneous resin bits, props, furniture, backdrops, etc. All scales, all sizes. Brownell Library has free parking, accommodations for people with mobility impairments, and easy access to the CCTA #2 Essex Junction bus. If you are coming from the Burlington area and need a ride, please get in touch with me. I may be able to provide a carpool. As always, VTDL welcomes all kinds of doll lovers and all kinds of dolls. No age limit, no doll restrictions. People without dolls are also welcome -- you just need to like 'em!   Hope to see you there!...

Total attendees = 4. The first meetup of the new year kicked off with me, Lyrajean, Nerdy Victorian, and vermont chick attending. Some of us spent about an hour discussing Star Wars: The Force Awakens [Kylo Ren and BB-8 mostly], although we did manage to take pictures of some dolls. vermont chick has photos on her blog too.

The next meetup of Vermont Doll Lovers will be Saturday, January 9th , 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Jct. It's a new year, so any New Year's related props -- or just winter stuff -- is encouraged! Brownell Library has free parking and easy access to the CCTA #2 Essex Junction bus. If you are coming from the Burlington area and need a ride, please get in touch with me. I may be able to provide a carpool. As always, VTDL welcomes all kinds of doll lovers and all kinds of dolls. No age limit, no doll restrictions. People without dolls are also welcome -- you just need to like 'em! Hope to see you there! --MW

Total attendees = 6. We always have loads of fun at the last VTDL meetup of the year. The sheer volume of Christmas-related props ensures lots of silly play and funny photo ops. Click on any photo to enlarge.

The next meetup of Vermont Doll Lovers will be Saturday, December 12th, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Jct. It's our annual Christmas/end-of-the-year meetup, so seasonal props, accessories, and costumes for your dolls are encouraged! Brownell Library has free parking and easy access to the CCTA #2 Essex Junction bus. If you are coming from the Burlington area and need a ride, please get in touch with me. I may be able to provide a carpool. As always, VTDL welcomes all kinds of doll lovers and all kinds of dolls. No age limit, no doll restrictions. People without dolls are also welcome -- you just need to like 'em! Hope to see you there! --MW Future meetups: 1/9, 2/13.

Total attendees = 3. Small number of doll lovers, large amount of fun! vermont chick has pictures too on her blog.

The next meetup of Vermont Doll Lovers will be Saturday, November 14th, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Jct. Brownell Library has free parking and easy access to the CCTA #2 Essex Junction bus. If you are coming from the Burlington area and need a ride, please get in touch with me. I may be able to provide a carpool. As always, VTDL welcomes all kinds of doll lovers and all kinds of dolls. No age limit, no doll restrictions. People without dolls are also welcome -- you just need to like 'em!

Total attendees = 7. A plethora of pumpkins and other Halloweeny props gave everyone's dolls lots of fun photo ops at yesterday's meetup. Check out vermont chick's photos on her blog.

Great news for Vermont doll enthusiasts! To meet popular demand, I have changed the VTDL meetup schedule from every other month to monthly! Yes! We're now meeting 12 times a year, instead of 6 or so! Hopefully more frequent meetups will draw greater numbers. We can also keep our enthusiasm going more easily from month to month. To that end, we have our upcoming Halloween meetup on October 24th, and I have also scheduled meetups for November 14th and December 12th, both from 1-4 PM in the Koolvord Room. More reminders to follow closer to the events.